Too Traditional?

[creagdhubh]

I would imagine at some point, the young Duke of Argyll having to say something on the order of "Because I LIKE pink hose, that is why."

Exactly!

[Jock Scot]

Personal flair and common sense are pretty traditional too. The Duke's pink hose are his usual style when wearing the kilt and it works for him and many more. Personal flair.

My cromach is nearly always lurking in my car, but it stays there when I am in town, going out for dinner, or when I don't need it. Common sense.

One does not need to be dressed in tweed, tattersall shirt, club tie, balmoral, matching or un-matching leathers,black brogues, sgian dhu in the hose-top, flashes, cromach,lairds plaid to be traditionally dressed and the trick is suiting one's kilt attire to the event. All, or just some on the list, are quite suitable for almost any event one cares to think of. Well OK, swimming and parachuting apart! That is Common sense and is also traditional!

One thing that is absolutely not traditional(historical perhaps), or even sensible, for almost all kilted occasions, apart from certain pipe band attire and some ultra formal events is a dirk and I actually fail to see why anyone would need to carry one unless they are heading for the backwoods(or Burns night) and frankly there are far better knife designs than a dirk for backwoods duties.

[Peter Crowe]

Personal flair and common sense are pretty traditional too. The Duke's pink hose is his usual style when wearing the kilt and it works for him and many more. Personal flair.

My cromach is nearly always lurking in my car, but it stays there when I am in town, going out for dinner, or when I don't need it. Common sense.

One does not need to be dressed in tweed, tattersall shirt, club tie, balmoral, matching or un-matching leathers,black brogues, sgian dhu in the hose-top, flashes, cromach,lairds plaid to be traditionally dressed and the trick is suiting one's kilt attire to the event. All, or just some on the list, are quite suitable for almost any event one cares to think of. Well OK, swimming and parachuting apart! That is Common sense and is also traditional!

One thing that is absolutely not traditional(historical perhaps), or even sensible, for almost all kilted occasions, apart from certain pipe band attire and some ultra formal events is a dirk and I actually fail to see why anyone would need to carry one unless they are heading for the backwoods(or Burns night) and frankly there are far better knife designs than a dirk for backwoods duties.

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You have encapsulated it very well Jock! I would add that for less formal occasions a round (crew) neck or v-neck sweater (my personal preference or flair is a crew neck sweater) and a collared shirt with or without a tie is both commonsensical and traditional too.

[David Thorpe]

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You have encapsulated it very well Jock! I would add that for less formal occasions a round (crew) neck or v-neck sweater (my personal preference or flair is a crew neck sweater) and a collared shirt with or without a tie is both commonsensical and traditional too.

I like Henleys worn the same way, or without the shirt under for more casual (and warmer) occasions.

[creagdhubh]

Personal flair and common sense are pretty traditional too. The Duke's pink hose is his usual style when wearing the kilt and it works for him and many more. Personal flair.

My cromach is nearly always lurking in my car, but it stays there when I am in town, going out for dinner, or when I don't need it. Common sense.

One does not need to be dressed in tweed, tattersall shirt, club tie, balmoral, matching or un-matching leathers,black brogues, sgian dhu in the hose-top, flashes, cromach,lairds plaid to be traditionally dressed and the trick is suiting one's kilt attire to the event. All, or just some on the list, are quite suitable for almost any event one cares to think of. Well OK, swimming and parachuting apart! That is Common sense and is also traditional!

One thing that is absolutely not traditional(historical perhaps), or even sensible, for almost all kilted occasions, apart from certain pipe band attire and some ultra formal events is a dirk and I actually fail to see why anyone would need to carry one unless they are heading for the backwoods(or Burns night) and frankly there are far better knife designs than a dirk for backwoods duties.

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[Nick the DSM]

So is there a correlation between "too traditional" and making it seem costumish with putting on too much then?

[Dale Seago]

So is there a correlation between "too traditional" and making it seem costumish with putting on too much then?

From what's been presented, that seems about right to me.

[Jock Scot]

So is there a correlation between "too traditional" and making it seem costumish with putting on too much then?

Quite so.

[OC Richard]

I like trad tartan kilts. But, no flashes... I also feel that kilt pins are superfluous... I never wear a visible sgian dubh...

You are being VERY traditional with every one of these choices!

Only 16 of the 56 kilted men seen in The Highlanders of Scotland portraits (1860s) are wearing flashes.

Only 6 kilt pins are to be seen. (To be fair, only 27 of the 56 men have that part of the kilt clearly visible.)

Only 17 of the 56 are wearing sgian dubhs.

[HenryT]

Quite so.

Agreed.